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Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
MORT Analysis
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
Purposedifferent
For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events.
Complexitysame
HighHighHigh
Timedifferent
Mehrere Tage bis Wochen1-4 Wochen2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
2-66-30 Experten3-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
MORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic RecommendationsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesEvent Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions
Tagsno overlap
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline
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Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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Barrier Analysis
Paper illustration of Family Tree Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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Family Tree Analysis
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree